New theoretical research finds that many white dwarfs may explode in supernova in the distant far future, long after everything else in the universe has died and gone quiet. …read more Source:: Science
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Are brown dwarfs failed stars or super-planets?
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•Brown dwarfs fill the ‘gap’ between stars and the much smaller planets. But how they originate has yet to be fully explained. Astronomers may now be able to answer that …read more Source:: Science
Superflares from young red dwarf stars imperil planets
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•Flares from the youngest red dwarfs surveyed are 100 to 1,000 times more energetic than when the stars are older. This younger age is when terrestrial planets are forming around …read more Source:: Science
Detonating white dwarfs as supernovae
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•A new mathematical model created by astrophysicists details a way that dead stars called white dwarfs could detonate, producing a type of explosion that is instrumental to measuring the extreme …read more Source:: Science